Improved adjustable link



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ARDRRW` J. DRXTRROT NORTH FOSTER, RHODE ISLAND.

v Lenen Pafe'ntNo.1o5,921, dated August 2, 1870.

IMPRovsm ADQIUSVTABLE LINK.

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Be it' known that I, ANDREW J. DEXTER, of North Foster, in the county of 'Providence' and. State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Link; and I `do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and ,usethe' same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing` forming part of this specification.

- Figure 1 is a side view of one of my improved links. Figure 2 is'an edgeview of 'the same, partly in seciion, through theline x x, g. 1. v

. Similar-letters of reference indicate'corresponding parts. i i l My invention has for its object to furnish an improved adjustable link, whichshall be so 4constructed and arranged that it may be attached to and detached from its place conveniently `and easily, and which, when atftached, will be strong,durable, and not liable to become accidentally detached; and

It consists in the combination of the eye-plate and cross-head screw, with the hooked ends of an open i link, as hereinafter more fully described. v

" `A .is the body of thelink, which is made open at theV middlepartlof i one side, the ends being bent ont at right` angles to formshrt hooks, as showngin fig. 2..

B is an eye-plate, in the Vend part of which are two, holes tor eyes, to receive the hooked ends of thelinkA.

The parts of the plate B, from its ends to the holes or eyes, are recessed to receive the body of the linkv A, so that its 'outer side may be iush with lthe sur-V face of the said plate B.

`In the solid centralv part of the plate B is formed a I screw-hole to receive the serewO, the head of which is made in the form of a cross-head,` as Vshown in figs. 1 and 2, which cross-head should be suiliciently long to Overlap the ends of the body of the linklA, and hold the hooks of the said ends securely in the eyes of -the plate'B. v w

By this construction, the open lilik is made as j ,strong as a weldedlink, and, at the same time, can be readily opened to adapt it for use in connecting the 

